[DaveW]

Hey folks i dunno if you have seen this trick before, but I've run it on my firefox browser ....DAMM!!! talk about speeding it up!

Give it a try and see what you think. :dancing: So fast!
It's especially good for those unlucky enough to have broadband.

VERT wrote:
Make Firefox load pages A LOT faster

It works, very well if I might add

stolen from another forum


1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.


Enjoy much faster page load times

 

[The Kadvang]

WOW!

Thanks for the tip.

 

[mplutodh1]

haha maybe I am weird, or just have a good connection because I can't notice a huge difference, but hey no complaints... whatever works!

 

[BigMike]

I'll have to try that when I get home, Right now I am at work, on a dial up (or so it feels like) with IE

 

[DaveW]

haha maybe I am weird, or just have a good connection because I can't notice a huge difference, but hey no complaints... whatever works!

Hmm there was quite an noticable increase in speed on mine?

 

[mack]

i know, i have AOL broadband, for email account, or my mom has it rather with DSL, and its mad slow, i use firefox, it is very fast indeed. i can watch bike vids with download times in seconds.

 

[steve45]

i'm on a 1mb/s line and theres a noticable increase in speed, i have seen this before and used it,but that was a while ago, on a previous computer.

i couldnt find the topic on here where the info was.
so thanks a lot for that.

 

[manziman]

haha maybe I am weird, or just have a good connection because I can't notice a huge difference, but hey no complaints... whatever works!

haha, same for me. It has improved, but not drastically. thanks for the tip, though, it does show an improvement!

 

[Guntruck]

Yes, also much faster on mine. This shoudlnt make your individual file downloads any faster... I just downloads all objects (up to network.http.pipelining.maxrequests) at the same time.... prob doesnt do this by default to cut down on bandwidth useage???

 

[KleinMp99]

It dosen't seem to make page loading much faster. I also typed 500 in for my value Will that high of a number slow it down? I am also listening to streaming internet radio which might interfere with the results

 

[Skookum]

helps my browser out, thanx for the tip.

 

[Kiltim]

ooo very nice. great tip!! thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DaveW]

It dosen't seem to make page loading much faster. I also typed 500 in for my value Will that high of a number slow it down? I am also listening to streaming internet radio which might interfere with the results

Easy way to find out is try it at that setting for a while and then try it at 30. see if there is a difference.

 

[CrAckErKorEan]

Awesome works well thanks

 

[mplutodh1]

Yes, also much faster on mine. This shoudlnt make your individual file downloads any faster... I just downloads all objects (up to network.http.pipelining.maxrequests) at the same time.... prob doesnt do this by default to cut down on bandwidth useage???

Yup, I will bet that is the reasoning behind it.

Well for most pages it doesn't change my speeds that much, maybe slightly but I checked out some photo gallery sites to see how it would do, actually did make an improvement there. Some sites though I am having trouble with them fully loading the images, I am sure I just have to get the right combination, but good tip either way!

 

[SDminitrucker]

I ran firefox back in the day and never noticed any diff. This was right when it came out. Lately i have been using IE. Now that i downloaded firefox and did those changes all i can say is HOLY ****TTTT

 

[manziman]

I ran firefox back in the day and never noticed any diff. This was right when it came out. Lately i have been using IE. Now that i downloaded firefox and did those changes all i can say is HOLY ****TTTT

2 things...
1. Why in the crap are you running IE? slow and stubborn..
2. What the HELL is your avatar?

 

[DaveW]

looks like a wound to me?

 

[Kaviar]

Thanks for the tip!
OpenSource 4ever!

 

[HypNoTic]

Yup, I will bet that is the reasoning behind it.

Well for most pages it doesn't change my speeds that much, maybe slightly but I checked out some photo gallery sites to see how it would do, actually did make an improvement there. Some sites though I am having trouble with them fully loading the images, I am sure I just have to get the right combination, but good tip either way!

It does proceed only 1 request at the time by default because many web servers used to be configured to allow only 1 file transfert at the time. Today most decent webmaster and sysadmin allow multiples (usually 5-10 concurrent transferts per session) to allow faster transfert, but keep a limit to avoid flooding of their servers. Imagine 100 persons each starting to open a page with 200 elements on it at the same time... poor server, and dont even get me started on the impact on bandwith! Bandwith is very expensive at these levels.

 

[stosh]

Basic Settings for ALL users_______

* Set the value of network.http.pipelining to "true".
* Set the value of network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to "8".
* Set the value of network.http.proxy.pipelining to "true"
* Set the value of ui.submenuDelay to "0"
* Set the value of browser.xul.error_pages.enabled to "true"





Fast Broadband (Cable/DSL/LAN)_______

* Set the value of network.http.max-connections to "48".
* Set the value of network.http.max-connections-per-server to "16".
* Set the value of network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy to "16"
* Set the value of network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server to "8"




Slow Narrowband (Dialup)_______

* Set the value of network.http.max-connections-per-server to "8".
* Set the value of network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy to "8".
* Set the value of network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server to "4".
* Set the value of dom.disable_window_status_change to "true".



Highly Recommended Extensions_______

* Adblock - I can no longer browse without it, does the obvious
* GooglePreview - Adds a little box next to each google search which shows preview of website, highly useful
* Sage - A great RSS reader that allows you to browse RSS stuff in Firefox allowing adblocking on all the crappy news sites of the world.
* ImageZoom - Used to zoom in on images
* Download Manager Tweak - A modification of the Firefox download manager
* All-in-One Gestures - Allows mouse gestures which speed up simple commands
* TabBrowser Preferences - Tons of options for how links open

 

[HypNoTic]

Highly Recommended Extensions_______

* Adblock - I can no longer browse without it, does the obvious
* GooglePreview - Adds a little box next to each google search which shows preview of website, highly useful
* Sage - A great RSS reader that allows you to browse RSS stuff in Firefox allowing adblocking on all the crappy news sites of the world.
* ImageZoom - Used to zoom in on images
* Download Manager Tweak - A modification of the Firefox download manager
* All-in-One Gestures - Allows mouse gestures which speed up simple commands
* TabBrowser Preferences - Tons of options for how links open

These Extensions were usefull with old versions of Firefox (well, at the time it was called Firebird). Now the RSS reader is included and the Google bar also (not the preview, just the bar). Personnally, I think the ImageZoom is a useless feature. TabBrowser Preferences offer few nifty options but nothing you can do by yourself in the preference (about:config).

The only XPIs I use are AdBlock and SpiderZilla. Never got used to those damn mouse gestures...

 

[mplutodh1]

Basic Settings for ALL users_______
* Set the value of ui.submenuDelay to "0"

Where? I don't see it in the about:config

 

[SDminitrucker]

2 things...
1. Why in the crap are you running IE? slow and stubborn..
2. What the HELL is your avatar?

My aviatar is my shin after it landed on the 3rd chainring and cut to the bone. Took 14 stitches to fix it. it was like 2 " in diameter

 

[SDminitrucker]

Where? I don't see it in the about:config

yea how do i add those extensions?

 

[mplutodh1]

yea how do i add those extensions?

Those arent extensions, in the URL bar type about:config and hit GO thats the config file to edit those things. I just couldnt find that one line item.

 

[mplutodh1]

My aviatar is my shin after it landed on the 3rd chainring and cut to the bone. Took 14 stitches to fix it. it was like 2 " in diameter

Gross

 

[DaveW]

Yes gross.

...Gross negligence in not capturing the whole incident on camera for us to enjoy.

 

[manziman]

My aviatar is my shin after it landed on the 3rd chainring and cut to the bone. Took 14 stitches to fix it. it was like 2 " in diameter

oooohhhh...now I see it...sweet!

 

[Acadian]

I did the original hack and now it appears slower in some cases

 

[Arm On Fire]

Thanks, worx great for me!

 

[berkshire_rider]

1. Why in the crap are you running IE? slow and stubborn..

Might have to at work?

 

[CHOP]

Thanks, all those changes worked great for me. I am new to Firefox and I use cable. Before the changes I could actually see the pages (pics) load and now they are loaded when the page opens. COOL!!

 

[slowSSer]

stupid question (might have been answered on other pages)

does it matter if you're running firefox on a Mac or a PC?